Simply put, the Syracuse Crunch were overpowered 5-3 by the Toronto Marlies on Tuesday night at the Ricoh Coliseum. Syracuse entered the contest with seemingly all of the momentum on their side after beating the Marlies soundly in the first two games of the series. The good guys got off to another strong start in game three but in the end, Toronto would have the last laugh.
At the 11:44 mark of the opening frame, snake-bitten Crunch forward Adam Erne found the back of the net for the first time this postseason. Byron Froese, who has been on fire to start the series, connected with Erne on a lead-pass that he snapped past the blocker of Marlies goaltender Kasimir Kaskisuo to give the Crunch a 1-0 lead.